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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 February 2025. Alan Shearer was the first player to score 200 Premier League goals, and is the only player to score 100 goals for two clubs. Since the Premier League's formation at the beginning of the 1992–93 season, a total of 34 players have scored 100 or more goals in the competition; these ...
The top goalscorer in the Premier League's inaugural season was Teddy Sheringham, who scored one goal for Nottingham Forest before his early-season transfer followed by 21 for Tottenham Hotspur for a total of 22. [2]
First Premier League goal: Brian Deane (for Sheffield United v. Manchester United, 15 August 1992) [92] Most Premier League goals: 260, Alan Shearer [93] Most Premier League goals at one club: 213, Harry Kane (for Tottenham Hotspur) Oldest goalscorer: 40 years and 268 days, Teddy Sheringham (for West Ham United v. Portsmouth, 26 December 2006) [94]
The current leader, Gareth Barry, played an astonishing 653 matches in a 20-season run in the Premier League, but the longtime Aston Villa and Manchester City player retired in 2020.
The top tier in English football today is the Premier League, replacing the Football League First Division for the 1992–93 inaugural season. Since the 1888–89 season, the first year of top flight football, three players have scored over 300 goals with a further 25 players scoring over 200 goals.
While playing for Manchester United, Giggs made a total 598 Premier League appearances. [39] Top Goalscorer: Striker Alan Shearer was recognised for having scored the most goals in the Premier League's first and second decades. While at Blackburn Rovers and then Newcastle United, Shearer scored a total 260 Premier League goals between 1992 and ...
The club currently holds the record for the most Premier League titles with 13, and the highest number of English top-flight titles with 20. The club's record appearance maker is Ryan Giggs , who made 963 appearances between 1991 and 2014, and the club's record goalscorer is Wayne Rooney , who scored 253 goals in 559 appearances between 2004 ...
Reading were the losing team in both of the first two Premier League games in which ten goals were scored. Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann conceded a total of 13 goals in the two games. This is a summary of the highest scoring matches and biggest winning margins in the Premier League since its establishment in the 1992–93 season. The record score ...